Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Text Conversations Or How Harry Lost Twenty Bucks

"No, he didn't!" screamed Lily and I threw a pillow at her to calm her down which unfortunately didn't have the desired effect because she start laughing so hard that she fell of the sofa. "He winked at you? And called you beautiful? Wow, you lucky bitch!" She wiggled her eyebrows at me and another pillow hit her in the face. "It wasn't like THAT!" I said defensively although I wished it was.

"He was just being friendly. I bet he acts like that with every girl." Lily shook her head. "Stop putting your 1D adventure down! I'm pretty sure they don't talk every girl they meet into trying to be their friend. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!" She screamed and started jumping up and down on the sofa. "You have ALL of their numbers and they want to meet you again! You HAVE to text them that you want to see them again." I shook my head.

"I can't Lil. Just think about it. Me? Being friends with One Direction? Yeah, sure. Like THAT's gonna work out. I don't think I'm ready to get followed by paps wherever I go and to basically give up my privacy. I can't even be friends with them without "dating" anyone. I just don't fit into their world." I said and stared out of the window. Lily stopped jumping and looked at me.

"Hey, Claire, stop this self-loathing shit, okay? You're amazing and I totally get why the guys wanna be friends with you. Plus they freaking tried to CONVINCE you to be friends with them. They don't care if they get papped with you. Liam even gave you his girlfriend's number and they all promised to look after you. What else do you need? This is a once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity to be friends with really nice lads, who are incredibly talented and may I say insanely attractive." She said with a grin and added a wink at the end. I couldn't help but laugh. "Well, THAT is true, but I don't know... Do you think I should try it?" I asked her.

She rolled her eyes. "Are you freaking deaf? Did you NOT hear what I just said? Text them. Or even better, call them!" I sighed. "Alright, alright. I'll text them. But who should I text?" Lily squealed a little but quickly managed to compose herself again. "Louis, obviously. He's your new bestie and that's how it all started, innit?" She said and I stood up and rummaged through my bag on the search for my phone.

I hesitantly opened a new text message, my fingers hovering over my screen. "What should I write?" I asked Lily with a frown on my face as I tried to think of something cool to say. She thought for a moment. "I don't know, I haven't met him, have I?" "Wow Lily, thanks for your support." I said sarcastically. In the end, after ten minutes of writing and deleting stuff, I settled for the following message. "Dear Mr Tomlinson, I decided to take you up on your kind offer of becoming your friend. Where do I fill out my application form? Yours sincerely, Claire Winters, aka the weird girl from the Rose Hotel"

I pressed sent and Lily snatched my phone out of my hands. "Oh my gosh, Claire, you did NOT just sent that!" she laughed. I smiled innocently while Lily nearly lost it next to me. "I can't believe you just sent that!" She said in between giggles. "I can't believe it either." I told her and silently prayed that Louis would get the joke. There was a short silence and I jumped when my phone beeped, indicating that I had received a new text. "Oh my gosh, IS THAT HIM?" Lily said and basically threw the phone at me. I entered my pin and saw that I had indeed received a message from a certain "My Cool Best Friend". I opened it and a weird noise half snort, half laughter escaped my mouth.

"Dear Ms Winters,

I am most delighted to have received your inquiry of becoming my friend and I am happy to tell you that you're hereby invited to a movie night tomorrow evening during which we will discuss any further questions you may have concerning your new job.

Yours sincerely,

Louis Tomlinson

Ps. Thanks for texting me first, Harry now owes me 20 bucks. X

I dumbly starred at my phone for about a minute, trying to comprehend the fact that I had an actual text conversation with Louis Tomlinson before Lily snatched the phone out of my fingers to read the text herself. There was a short silence. "This. Is. Amazing." She started tipping a new message before I took my phone back. "Hey!" I read her started message, shook my head and deleted everything. Then I slowly wrote a reply.

C.: "Wow, what an honour, Mr Tomlinson. When and where is your movie night? Ps. Plz tell Harry that I am sorry but my friend made me text you."

He replied almost immediately.

L.: I'm happy you can make it, Ms Winters. 7pm, my place (55 Primrose Way, E5 OLA) (a.n. This is a fictional address!). And Harry says not to worry, he will be fine. ;) X

C.: I'll be there and I'm glad Harry is alright. ^^ Cya tomorrow! X

T.: Can't wait! X

I disbelievingly starred at my phone. I did NOT just had a text conversation with Louis Tomlinson. This couldn't be happening. I was having a movie night with One Direction. My thoughts were interrupted by Lily who had read our exchange over my shoulder.

"You have NO idea how much I envy you right now. Gooooooooood, I wish I wasn't working tomorrow!" she whined and pouted. I pulled her into a hug "Awwwww, poor Lily, I'm sure you'll come along another time very soon!" I tried to comfort her. Lily hugged me back. "Thanks, Claire. Now, let's prepare you for your movie night with ONE DIRECTION!" She shouted and dragged me into my room, probably to look for a perfect outfit to wear for tomorrow night.

A.N. Random beautiful photo of Louis to brighten your day :)